The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4!
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 4 is "The Best of Both Worlds (2)", rated 9.2/10 from 5617 user votes. It was directed by Cliff Bole and written by Michael Piller. "The Best of Both Worlds (2)" aired on 9/24/1990 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Family".
9.2/10 5,617 votes#1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1990
Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Michael Piller
8.3/10 4,563 votes#2 - Family
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1990
Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
7.7/10 3,754 votes#3 - Brothers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1990
Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Rick Berman
6.4/10 3,412 votes#4 - Suddenly Human
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1990
Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: Jeri Taylor, Ralph Phillips
7.8/10 3,983 votes#5 - Remember Me
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1990
Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Lee Sheldon
6.7/10 3,350 votes#6 - Legacy
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1990
Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: Joe Menosky
8.3/10 3,878 votes#7 - Reunion
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1990
Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Brannon Braga, Thomas Perry, Ronald D. Moore
7.7/10 3,782 votes#8 - Future Imperfect
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1990
Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll
6.7/10 3,374 votes#9 - Final Mission
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1990
Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Jeri Taylor
6.0/10 3,268 votes#10 - The Loss
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1990
Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: Hilary Bader
8.1/10 3,990 votes#11 - Data's Day
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1991
Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.
Director: Robert Wiemer
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.1/10 3,778 votes#12 - The Wounded
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/1991
Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: Stuart Charno, Jeri Taylor, Sara B. Cooper
7.2/10 3,578 votes#13 - Devil's Due
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1991
Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.
Director: Tom Benko
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
8.2/10 3,994 votes#14 - Clues
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1991
Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Joe Menosky
8.1/10 3,875 votes#15 - First Contact
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1991
Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree, Joe Menosky, David Bischoff, Ronald D. Moore, Michael Piller
7.0/10 3,331 votes#16 - Galaxy's Child
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1991
Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Maurice Hurley, Joe Menosky
7.1/10 3,350 votes#17 - Night Terrors
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1991
Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Jeri Taylor, Pamela Douglas
6.7/10 3,183 votes#18 - Identity Crisis
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1991
Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Brannon Braga
7.9/10 3,681 votes#19 - The Nth Degree
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1991
Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.
Director: Robert Legato
Writer: Joe Menosky
7.2/10 3,551 votes#20 - Qpid
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1991
Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Ira Steven Behr
8.4/10 4,355 votes#21 - The Drumhead
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1991
Stardate: 44769.2. Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Jeri Taylor
7.3/10 3,427 votes#22 - Half a Life
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1991
Stardate: 44805.3. Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
6.4/10 3,177 votes#23 - The Host
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1991
Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.
Director: Marvin V. Rush
Writer: Michel Horvat
7.7/10 3,293 votes#24 - The Mind's Eye
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/27/1991
Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: René Echevarria
7.1/10 3,248 votes#25 - In Theory
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/1991
Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.
Director: Patrick Stewart
Writer: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore